| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2163 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A particular church’s unusual roofing? | THATCH |
| A short month in a yacht basin | MARINA |
| At which one is confused, in the main? | SEA |
| Batter sections in defensive earthworks | RAMPARTS |
| Be honest, what do you do in the shower? | come clean |
| Bike on call for several nights at the opera | ring cycle |
| British plead to sunbathe | BASK |
| Carry minute family emblem | TOTEM |
| Change hands over | SWAP |
| Charlie Bishop fed with old loaf | COB |
| Copper diffident, not demanding | CUSHY |
| Cornered by the sea | at bay |
| Craftsman’s painting is given a name | ARTISAN |
| Entire? With gap | WHOLE |
| Famous divorce centre __ wife coming to bad end | RENOWNED |
| Fly round circle in dance | TANGO |
| Give reasons for maybe one dumped on prairie | EXPLAIN |
| Humility in dirty place, after a fashion | MODESTY |
| Ignore foul: undeniable try | turn a blind eye |
| Little pets seizing half of my footwear | PUMPS |
| Paradise where, having died, alderman transported | DREAMLAND |
| Seasonal song in plain setting, one from The Gondoliers? | BARCAROLE |
| Something cooked, right off the jetty | PIE |
| Spaniard rises for cursory greeting | NOD |
| Strong flavour eased in cooking | ANISEED |
| This team shouldn’t chuck stones about? | crystal palace |